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Sarcococca saligna
Sarcococca saligna, the sweet box or Christmas box, is a species of flowering plant in the family Buxaceae. This shrub is native to northern Pakistan. Its common name in Pakistan is sheha.
Sweet Box · Himalayan Sweet Box · Christmas Box · Sweet Box · Sarcococca zeylanica · Christmas Box
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sarcococca saligna by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
